Wash-stand



(No Model.)

G. D. TOLMAN & L. D. ROBERTS.

WASH STAND.

No. 389,990. Patented Sept. 25, 1888.

INVENTOR: 592. am. BY 2%- ATTOR YS.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GAYGER D. TOLMAN AND LORENZO D. ROBERTS, OF SHAVANO, \VISGONSIN.

WASH STAND.

SPECIPICATIONIorming part of Letters Patent No. 389,990, dated September 25, 1888.

Application filed February 1, 1888. Serial No. 262,632.

1'0 all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, GAYGERFD. TOLMAN.

and LORENZO D. ROBERTS, of Shawano, in the county of Shawano and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and Improved Bracket Wash-Stand, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to an improvement in bracket wash-stands, and has for its object to provide a light and portable wash-stand of this character which can be readily folded up for transportation.

Reference is to be'had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar figures of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of the invention unfolded for use. Fig. 2 is a side view of the device in Fig. 1 with the upper portion broken away, and Fig. 3 represents the washstand folded up.

In the construction of this device a slab, 1, of wood or other suitable matcrial,is employed, of any shape desired. The slab 1 is intended to be secured to or suspended from,in any con venient mauner,a wall or other support. The upper part of the slab l is provided with a shelf, 2, braced by means of an inclined support, 3, and adapted to hold toilet articles. Above the shelf 2, secured to slab 1, is a wire frame, 4, which may be of any shape desired, to hold a brush and comb, or sponge, &c. Beneath the shelf 2 is located a folding washbowl support, 5, which consists of wire bent to form a hoop,in which a washbowl may rest, then extending, as at 6, at right angles to the hoop, then bent at right angles to the parts 6, as at 7, lying against the slab 1,and resting in eyelets 8 on the latter, then extending down, as at 9, at right angles to parts 7, and then inclined outward, as at 10, to the hoop, where the ends 11 are secured by clips 12, or in any other suitable manner. By means of this construction it will be seen that the inclined parts serve as supports or braces to the hoop,and that the whole support 5 may be folded up against slab 1 when not in use. i

13 indicates a shelf for a pitcher, suspended from the slab 1, and supported by means of the straight rear supporting-frame, 14, and the inclined front supporting-frame, 15.

(No model.)

The rear frame, 14, consists of a piece of wire having its looped ends 16 engaging pivotpins 17 on slab 1, and extending downward a suitable distance,and passing through notches 18 in the rear edge of shelf 13 and beneath the shelf,as shown. The frame 14 is looselyheld in notches 18 by means of staples 19. The frame consists of a piece of wire bent to extend beneath the shelfl3, near its front edge, as shown, and loosely held in socket-pieces 20, secured to the under side of the shelf, and extending up to the slab 1, where it is loosely secured to pins 17 by means of links 21, having eyes 22, engaging said pins and the ends 23 of frame 15; or the ends 23 may be directly connected with pins 17, as shown in Fig. 3.

By means of the foregoing description it will be seen that a bracket wash-stand is provided which has a folding bowl-support and a pitcher-shelf suspended from aslab which may be attached to a wall or other suitable support.

The shelf 13 may be folded up, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, by pushing it up at the rear, its rear portion sliding on the/vertical wires of frame 14, which causes the frame 15 and shelf 13 to swing in against the frame 14. The shelf 13 may be held in folded position by means of the end of frame 14 engaging a headed pin, 24, on shelf 13.

The whole wash-stand may be folded up in compact shape, as shown in Fig. 3, by folding the folded frames l-l and 15 and the shelf 13 and the wash-bowl support against slab 1.

\Ve make no claim in this application to a bracket wash-stand having a folding wash-bowl support consisting of a rod bent to form a circle and secured to a sleeve, with its ends resting in eyes on the bracket, and an inclined brace-rod; nor to a bracket wash-stand having a removable pitcher-shelf with hangers of wire bent to form loops, and depending arms secured to the corners of the shelf, the loops of the hangers detachably engaging hcaded pins on aplate mounted on the bracket, as shown and described by us in an application pending herewith, filed January 3,1888, Serial No. 259,628.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A bracket wash-stand consisting of a slab or bracket-board adapted to be secured to a wall or similar support, and having a folding wash-bowl-supporting frame, and a folding pitcher-shelf suspended from said bracket board, the bracket-board, bowl-support, and pitehershelfbeing adapted to fold up together, substantially as described.

2. In abracket wash'staud, the combination, with a slab or bracket-board, 1, adapted to be secured to a wall or other similar support, of a folding washbowl-supporting frame, 5, consisting of a wire hoop having the extended parts (3, the parts 7, pivoted in eyelets 8, secured to slab 1, the parts 9, bearing against slab 1, and the inclined brace parts 10,secured to the hoop, substantially as described.

3. In abracketwash-stand, the combination, with a slab or bracket board adapted to be secured to a wall or similar support, of afolding pitcher-shelf and suspendingframes pivoted to the braeketboard, the inner end of the pitcher-shelf having a sliding connection with one of the suspending-ii'ames, and the outer end being pivoted to the other suspendingframe, the bracket-board, suspending-fra1nes, and pitehershelf being adapted to be folded up together, substantially as described.

4-. In a b 'acket wash-stand, the combination, with slab 1,having pivot'pins 17, of frames 14- 15, pivoted thereto, and shelf 13,1)ivoted at its forward part to frame 15, and at its rear edge having notches 18, through which pass frame 1 1 and retainingstaples 19, extending over notches 18, substantially as described.

5. A bracket wash stand consisting of bracket-board 1, having wire bracket 4, shelf 2, and folding wire bowl-supporting frame 5, having braces 10,and folding pitcher-shelf 13, suspended from pins 17 on braeket-board l by wire frames 11 l5,the shelf 13 being pivoted at one end to frame 15, and having a sliding connection at its other end with frame 1-1- by means of notches 18 and retaining-staples 19, the bracket-board 1, the bowl support 5, frames LL and 15, and shelf 13 folding up together, substantially as described.

GAYGER 1). TOLMAN. LORENZO D. ROBERTS.

Witnesses:

GEORGE G. Dreumsow, 1G1) rrn DICKINSON. 

